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PC Magazine: Features in the new Blackberry OS 4.5

PC Magazine reports on the features of upcoming Blackberry OS4.5 upgrade:

• BlackBerry Maps with Points of Interest (H) [Google Maps is better]
• Improved media player with playlist support and automatic playlist generation (H)
• Voice note recording (H)
• Video recording on Curve models (H)
• Streaming support for YouTube and Sling Player (H) [I like this..]
• Microsoft Office document editing with DocumentsToGo (H)
• Native format attachment downloading (S)
• HTML e-mails (S) [Yes!!]
• Over-the-air device upgrades (S)
• Free/busy calendar lookup (S)
• Searching the server for old e-mail messages (S)

Items marked with S require a server upgrade, while H is handheld only.

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check your facts on HTML email - apparently RIM pulled html/rich text email from the next service pack release, so even if the device can do it, BES cannot on this release. I saw this on boygeniusreport.com

When we are expecting to have blackberry 4.0 OS in our devices?? HTML email is most prominent feature in the latest 4.0 OS which i am waiting for.

[…] OS 4.5 question… - Today, 06:04 PM PC Magazine: Features in the new Blackberry OS 4.5 » Bogle’s Blog "Streaming support for YouTube and Sling Player (H)" (I believe the H means this feature is not server upgrade (BIS/BES) dependent. Anyone know more about this? I tried a youtube video (standard page, not tinytube, etc.) with no luck, BTW. More interested in the slinbox support though. Thanks. […]

[…] OS 4.5 question… - 04-08-2008, 06:04 PM PC Magazine: Features in the new Blackberry OS 4.5 » Bogle’s Blog "Streaming support for YouTube and Sling Player (H)" (I believe the H means this feature is not server upgrade (BIS/BES) dependent. Anyone know more about this? I tried a youtube video (standard page, not tinytube, etc.) with no luck, BTW. More interested in the slinbox support though. Thanks. […]

RE: “Anyone know more about this? I tried a youtube video (standard page, not tinytube, etc.) with no luck”

Try m.youtube.com


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